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WTA Recommends DOI Streamline Permitting Processes for Broadband

On July 21, WTA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Interior focusing on right-of-way and permitting regulations, processes and requirements that needlessly delay and significantly increase the costs incurred by its member companies when they seek to deploy … Continue reading “WTA Recommends DOI Streamline Permitting Processes for Broadband”

WTA Board Member, John Stuart, Provides Congressional Testimony on Broadband Permitting Reform

Today, John Stuart, President and CEO of MTE Communications in Midvale, ID and WTA Board Member testified at a hearing held by the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Lands in favor of H.R. 4141, legislation to exempt broadband … Continue reading “WTA Board Member, John Stuart, Provides Congressional Testimony on Broadband Permitting Reform”

WTA Welcomes Legislation Introduced by Representative Huffman to Incentivize Communications Permitting on Federal Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 16, 2017) – WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband welcomes Representative Jared Huffman’s (D-CA) Public Lands Telecommunications Act, which was introduced today. The bill would allow federal agencies that manage federal lands to retain rental fees associated

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